# Large MOOs

dave@ipac.caltech.edu (dave@ipac.caltech.edu)
Tue, 19 Nov 1996 08:36:35 PST

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    John Towell's solution, to add a MOO (or COLD) interface to an external
    database server, is likely an optimal solution.  You then get all the
    added functionality of the Sybase (or whatever) server.  We did this with
    the AstroVR proposal review system, which had to work with existing
    Sybase infrastructure.  During a review, we service several thousand
    SQL requests over the course of a day or two, with zero lag.

    To make such an interface, write a simple intermediary process the MOO
    can connect to using open_network_connection which then forwards requests
    to the database engine and returns query results to the MOO.  I can provide
    perl code implementing this on request.

    Cheers,
    		Dave Van Buren